TCC Governance: Student Success Committee

Purpose The Charge Meetings & Minutes Membership Criteria & Members Annual Reports

To review and recommend policy designed to help students achieve success during their college experience. To make recommendations on admissions, records, registration, financial aid, and recruitment policies. To consider matters of student life which relate to conduct, student development, student organizations, student government, orientation, intramural athletics and other student activities. Reports through the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs.

Student Success Bylaws

The 2009-2010 Charges

• Review the Student Success Committee End-of-Year Report for 2008-09, to take note of past actions and accomplishments and to identify items that are unfinished business and recommended to be addressed in the current year. (September 2009)

• Propose minimum criteria defining ‘academically talented’ students, for recruitment and to use designing structured advising and student activities. (Spring 2010 for summer 2010 implementation) [Sources: 2009-10 Student Success Agenda (Goal 4.3); 2009-10 Working Priorities (Priority 1, Strategies 12 & 13]

• Design one or more co-curricular activities to support and encourage academically talented students to seek attendance at highly selective four-year institutions. (Spring 2010 implementation) [Sources: 2009-10 Student Success Agenda (Goal 4.3); 2009-10 Working Priorities (Priority 1, Strategy 13)]

• Develop a proposal to increase the number of new students who could be accommodated in taking an Orientation/SDV course within the first twelve semester hours. (Summer 2010 implementation) [Sources: 2009-10 Student Success Agenda (Goal 2.1); 2009-10 Student Success Scorecard]

• Collect, evaluate, and disseminate ‘strategies that work’ to positively impact student retention in classes (for college-wide distribution each semester beginning Spring 2010) [Source: 2009-10 Student Success Agenda (Goal 2.9)] 

• Develop recommendations for at least one post-enrollment activity or intervention at each campus targeted to a specific cohort, focused on improving retention, graduation, or transfer. (Spring 2010 implementation). [Sources: 2009-10 Working Priorities (Priority 1, Strategy 1); QEP Update Results: Presented to Executive Staff, May 7, 2009]

Annual Reports

2008-2009 End-of-Year Report